Start a Chat Meeting!

You can start a chat meeting here in the Chat Rooms at the Alcoholism site at the About.com for a 12-step or other recovery focus group, if you can commit to hosting the meeting each week or provide rotating chairpersons for the meeting.

Just check the current list of Scheduled Meetings find a time and date not currently in use, and pick a time convenient for you, and send an email message to Buddy T, who will put your meeting on the schedule and announce it on the bulletin board and newsletter.

To take part in these meetings, go to the Log On Page, click on the link to one of the meeting rooms. Once you have chosen a chat room to enter, the "How to Chat" instructions are on the page below the Connect button.

Give yourself a nickname and click on the "Connect button. It's that easy! You need no password or special software.

To increase the size of the chat screen, once you are logged on, click on the "Float" button and then use your mouse pointer to resize the new window.

How Our Meetings Work
Our real-time chat meetings work much like a regular face-to-face meeting. Here's how we do it.